Introduction to Zeng Guofan: Zeng Guofan (November 26, 1811 - March 12, 1872), originally named Zicheng, given the courtesy name Bohan, and given the nickname Disheng, was the 70th grandson of the sage Zengzi. A modern Chinese statesman, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, writer, founder and commander of the Hunan Army, and together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and Zhang Zhidong, he is known as one of the "Four Famous Officials of the Late Qing Dynasty and the Zhongxing Dynasty". Throughout his life, he devoted his life to politics and regarded patience as the first priority. He advocated being diligent, thrifty and honest in everything he did and not being arrogant as an official. He cultivated himself and disciplined himself, sought an official position based on virtue, put etiquette first, and pursued politics with loyalty, and achieved great success in the officialdom.